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Glick, Carl, and Hong Sheng-Hwa. Swords of Silence: Chinese Secret Societies--Past and Present. New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill, 1947. 1st printing. xi, 292 pages. Index. Bibliography. Frontispiece. Good hardcover with slightly worn covers. Gift stamp inside front cover. #21725. $25
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Kaieda, S. Japanese History. Folklore and Stories of Imagination. Kanda, Tokyo: Nan-Un-Do, 1951. 12mo (small book). 56 pages. Notes. Illustrations. 'The book is a selection from a collection of stories and essays on history, folklore and geography which I have written in recent years. The reason why I wrote these fictions and essays in English is quite simple. I am a teacher of English at a Japanese college.' - Foreword. Very good wrappers (soft cover). #23323. $15
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Kol, H. H. van. Drie Maal Dwars door Sumatra en Zwerftochten door Bali. Rotterdam: W. L. & J. Brusse's Uitgeversmaatschappij, 1914. xiv, 436 pages. 2 folding maps. 78 Photographs. Frontispiece portrait. Publisher's catalog, March 1914 bound in rear. Translation of title: Three times across Sumatra and wanderings through Bali. Text in Dutch. Very good hardcover. Gilt front cover title and pictorial device and spine title; covers and spine slightly discolored, some foxing. Former owner's signature and bookplate on half-title page. #26044. $260
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Lum, Bertha. Gangplanks to the East. Illustrations by the Author. New York: Henkle-Yewdale House, 1936. 1st printing. 314, [1] pages. Bibliography. Illustrations. Chapters on Japan, Korea, China, and the Philippines. Good hardcover. Lacks top 1/4 inch of backstrip, spine sunned, small label on lower spine, edges of covers slightly sunned. Internally very good. #23051. $42.50
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Narayan, Shriman. India and Nepal: An Exercise in Open Diplomacy. Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1970. 1st printing. xii, 172 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. The author was India's ambassador to Nepal, 1964-1967. Very good hardcover in frayed, chipped and slightly torn dust jacket. #22203. $30
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